 | Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganja by Amit Gilboa
Buy used from: $11.55 Fascinating book on the chaos created by foreigners in Cambodia.
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 | Goa Freaks: My Hippie Years in India by Cleo Odzer
Buy used from: $35.94 A book about running a drug ring out of India during her hippie years.
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 | Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World by Cleo Odzer
Buy used from: $0.16 By the same author, about studying prostitution in Thailand.
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 | The Beach by Alex Garland
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 A version of "Lord of the Flies" set in Thailand. Ignore the movie version, the book is beautifully written and a real page turner.
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 | The Tesseract by Alex Garland
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 A dark tale set in the Philippines.
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 | Jade Lady Burning by Martin Limón
Buy new: $11.11 / Used from: $2.28 Intriguing and exotic mystery written by a US soldier in Korea
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 | The Tears of My Soul by Hyun Hee Kim
Buy used from: $5.99 True story about growing up a woman in North Korean, becoming a spy, and bombing an entire plane before the '88 Olympics. Out of print but worth finding a used copy.
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 | Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Chol-hwan Kang
Buy used from: $5.00 True story about being a child imprisoned with his family in North Korea and finally escaping.
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 | Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.50 Poetic tale about a comfort woman trying to escape her past.
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 | Slicky Boys by Martin Limón
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $2.40 Another good thriller set in Seoul from Martin Limon about a group of military detective expats.
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 | The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.49 Harrowing tale about the massacre in China by the Japanese, this is not your usual boring historical book. It's by a writer who knows how to keep your interest. A real page turner. RIP Iris Chang.
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 | The Bang Devils by Patrick Foss
Buy used from: $0.01 Best thriller about Japan, a group of young expats mistakenly kidnap the leader of a Yakuza.
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 | The Heir by Henry Luk
Buy used from: $0.01 A Hong Kong thriller about a family empire and their expat daughter in law.
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 | China Bride by Henry Luk
Buy used from: $0.01 Raunchy thriller about an expat woman in Hong Kong.
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 | Red Azalea by Anchee Min
Buy used from: $0.01 Growing up in Communist China.
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 | A Gift of the Emperor by Therese S. Park
Buy used from: $0.24 Best book on comfort women in Korea during the Japanese colonization.
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 | The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies by Michael Breen
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.41 A must read for anyone wanting to understand the Korean mind.
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Required reading for anyone interested in Asian culture.
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 | Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $0.01 The true version.
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 | Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $7.63 Rolf has written for salon.com, and is a talented writer with a thirst for new experiences. A real example of the ideal world traveler.
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 | Chrysanthemums and Thorns: The Untold Story of Modern Japan by Edwin M. Reingold
Buy used from: $0.75 Uncovering modern Japan.
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